Cousins Trip. 4 days in Seville, Spain. After 6 days in Barcelona we reached Seville and finally found what we were looking for. Not to say that we did not enjoy Barcelona, however, it was easily comparable to a big city feel. Seville enabled us to embrace the Spanish culture. The air was much cleaner […]
Mas Hielo Por favor, Barcelona
Cousins Trip. 6 days in Barcelona, Spain. Song in Video Below by: Houses, Soak it Up
I realized I was Somebody, Ghana Africa
“I always wondered why somebody didn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody” – Lily Tomlin Sheetal and I discussed the possibility of volunteering around mid November 2009 and by the end of January 2010 we were on a plane headed to Africa. It happened just that fast! Sheetal came across a non-profit organization, […]
Dancing in the Rain, Ghana Africa
Off we were to ghana without any expectations. Rather, more focused on the fact that we would be escaping our own reality. The trip forever changed us. I kept a journal. here are a few inserts, videos and photos to tell the story. February 2nd 2010 “AKAWAABA Ghana! We finally arrived in Kpando Village. We […]
Touch of Love, Guatemala City
In November 2009 Neha and I went on another Cross-Cultural Solution’s one week insight volunteer program, this time, to Guatemala City. Why Guatemala? We both fell in love with the cultural and food of South America during our prior trip to Peru and thought Central America can’t be that far off, well that, and it […]
Crossing Paths, Cuzco Peru
Hiking Machu Picchu was the impetus for us volunteering in Peru. Why, we decided to take on the perilous hike of Machu Picchu when we have never hiked, backpacked or camped before, is beyond us. Needless to say, it was an amazing experience that will always remain with us. Start of the Inca Trail. Neha […]
Besos y Abrazos, Lima Peru
In April 2008 Neha and I volunteered for one week with Cross-Cultural Solutions in Lima in the district of Villa El Salvador. Forty-five percent of Peru’s population lives in poverty or in extreme poverty. In 1971 two hundred families from rural areas, including the highlands, attempted to take residence in central Lima and when the […]